by Animation Store·Workflow
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Weight Paint Box stands out in the Superhive library for folding two rigging jobs, armature drawing and weight painting, into a single panel, with a box-driven approach to painting rather than the usual brush.
Weight Paint Box is a Blender add-on built around rigging and weight painting, bringing two tools together in one organized panel. It works with any rig, and the developer notes that a character should first be parented to the armature using Automatic Weights before the weight box is used.
The weight-painting side replaces the traditional brush with a deformation box you can reshape like a normal cube and fit automatically to a target object in the list. Each face of the box carries its own smooth circle that works separately for precise results, with adjustable smooth strength and direction, inside or outside the box. You can paint multiple separate objects at once, handle and mirror several vertex groups, view all vertex groups together, and use the box as a mask to hide geometry outside it in Weight Paint mode.
The Draw Bone side creates custom bone rigs or uses Rigify mode for a basic human and MetaHuman without face. It offers chain types such as arms, legs, fingers, spine, tail, or free draw, a one-click Smart Chain that places and connects bones, symmetry, and placement tools for drawing in the center or on the surface.
Weight Paint Box is best for blender artists rigging and weight-painting characters who want box-based deformation control alongside custom armature drawing and Rigify setup.
Weight Paint Box is completely free to download and use.
Weight Paint Box includes built-in Rigify support through its Draw Bone tool, which offers a Rigify mode for a basic human and MetaHuman without face. Alongside Rigify, Draw Bone can create fully custom bone rigs, with chain types for arms, legs, fingers, spine, tail, or free draw, plus a one-click Smart Chain that places and connects bones. Symmetry and placement tools for drawing in the center or on the surface of the character are also part of the set. The developer notes the rest of the Rigify armatures are planned for future updates.
Weight Paint Box requires the character to be parented to the armature using Automatic Weights before you start with the weight box, according to the developer's notes. The tool is also meant to be used with the deformation bones. The mask option that hides polygons outside the box should only be used within Weight Paint mode, and the developer recommends deactivating the smooth operator before running the heatmap operator once you finish. Watching all the available tutorials before using the add-on is advised.
Weight Paint Box can weight paint multiple separate objects at the same time, and it lets you deal with multiple vertex groups together and mirror them. You can also view all vertex groups at once for a full overview. The overlay section works in any mode, so weight painting is possible in pose mode as well. For scenes with more than one box in the list, the developer recommends using the global options rather than per-box controls.
Weight Paint Box is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing terms can change, so check the developer's page for the current details before you download. A demo video is available, and the developer maintains a Blender Artists page for suggestions and reports. Note that the tutorials are considered important to watch before use, and the developer flags performance guidance for high-poly characters on weaker devices, advising against the overlay section and painting in Weight Paint mode in that case.
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